First I'll have to quote my teacher: " Grammar is like an onion, you have to peal it, and it will make you cry!" This was followed by; "Onions are good!".
Our Grammar teacher, Anna, is really into grammar, gues she has to be in order to teach grammar. She is always up for discussions about what is right and what is wrong, and as long as we can argue for what we think is right "grammar" we are right. And I believe this is true, because grammar can be analyzed at different levels, which is also what we are taught.
The grammar class is a mix of lectures and workshops. Lectures where Anna is lecturing us from her powerpoint. Her powerpoints are alway were colorful. In the workshops, we, the students, have to work. In one of our books there are questions at the end of each chapter, we talk about these, and do some worksheets as well. We have only had one workshop, but on Monday we will have one on verbs.
We are reading about and working with verbs at the moment. And I would never have thought it would be so complex. For one thing, we don't talk about the past tense, because "past tense" are not the right words to use about words written in the "past tense". Confused? The reason for this is, that some words in the "past tense" is used to express the future (could you pass me the salt?) So what I knew as the past tense is now called: preterite. Next time I write on my blog I'll try to give you the names for the other forms of tenses. It's a whole new world for me!
But I must say I enjoy it.
It sounds really, really interesting. I would like to hear more - and perhaps you could get permission for us to use some of her power point slides?
ReplyDeleteGrammar is - or can be - very complex if you really get into depth. And then it also becomes very interesting - I'm happy to hear that you are discovering the beauty in all the complexity and patterns.